This course is a study of major texts representing the principal theories of knowledge and reality in the 17th and 18th centuries: rationalism (Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz), empiricism (Locke, Berkeley, Hume), and the Kantian synthesis.

Credit: 1

Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA PHIL

Course Format: Lecture / Discussion

Grading Mode: Graded

Level: UGRD

Prerequisites: None

Fulfills a Major Requirement for: None

Major Readings: Selected works of some of the following major Early Modern philosophers: Descartes, Locke, Spinoza, Leibniz, Berkeley, Hume, and Kant.

Examination and Assignments: Three papers.

Last Updated on MAR-03-2015
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